Gem Towers vs Maze Pool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gem Towers
A physics-based puzzle game where you strategically break gem towers. The objective is to shatter all green gems while preserving red ones, managing your limited lives. It offers a challenging experience that is simple to learn but difficult to master.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Break green gems
- Save red gems
- Level-based challenges
- Life management system
- Easy to learn, hard to master
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Gem Towers is easy to play but hard to master. See if you can get three stars on each level. Gem Towers is a physics based game that simulates collisions and gravity. The towers are constructed of gems which may vary in size and shape. Your goal is to break all green gems and to save as many red gems as possible. Removing a red gem and gems that go off the platform will subtract one "life". You have 3 lives at the beginning of each level.
Maze Pool
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Every ball slides until it hits a wall. Can you get each one into the pocket of its color? Maze Pool is a calm, clever sliding puzzle. Swipe a ball and it rolls all the way until something stops it. Plan your moves, use the other balls as blockers, and sink every ball into its matching pocket. • 750 handcrafted levels – every one designed and tested by hand • 350 levels free to play • New ideas as you progress: portals, colored gates, switches, magnets and the tricky cue ball • Stuck? A hint shows you the next move, and your progress still counts • Play levels in any order within a pack – skip a tough one and come back later • Restart instantly and undo moves – no timers, no pressure • Easy packs for kids and beginners • Plays offline – no Wi-Fi needed HOW TO PLAY • Swipe a ball to send it rolling • It only stops when it hits a wall or another ball • Each ball must end in the pocket of the same color • Colored gates, portals and magnets only react to balls of their color If you enjoy ice-sliding puzzles, Sokoban, or brain teasers that make you think a few moves ahead, Maze Pool is made for you. Swipe the first ball and see how far you can get!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Maze Pool at Free against Gem Towers's $0.49. Gem Towers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Maze Pool is free to download; Gem Towers costs $0.49 up front. Maze Pool sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Gem Towers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gem Towers ships an update every 37 months, Maze Pool every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gem Towers | Maze Pool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.49 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 23 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mike Hempfling | Alexandru Calauz |
In-app purchases
Gem Towers
No in-app purchases
Maze Pool
- 50 Hints$0.99
- 50 Speed Boosts$0.99
- 50 Undo Moves$0.99
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- Permanent speed$1.99
- All Map Packs$3.99
- Disable Ads$3.99
- Disable Ads + All Map Packs$5.99
- Unlock Everything$6.99









